Désirée Giove

Désirée Giove, born in 1999, made her debut at the age of just twenty-four at La Scala in the role of Anaide in Il cappello di paglia di Firenze, conducted by Maestro Donato Renzetti.

She subsequently returned to the La Scala stage as the Countess of Ceprano in Rigoletto under the baton of Maestro Marco Armiliato, as well as the understudy for Julie Fuchs in the role of Marie in La fille du régiment, conducted by Maestro Evelino Pidò. In 2023, she obtained her second-level academic diploma in Singing from the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome, achieving a mark of 110/110 with honours and a special mention. In the same year, she joined the Opera Singing Academy of Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, where she refined her repertoire under the guidance of Mariella Devia.

She made her debut at San Carlo in significant roles such as Micaëla in Bizet’s Carmen, conducted by Maestro Dan Ettinger; Una Voce dal Cielo in Don Carlo, conducted by Maestro Henrik Nánási; and Carolina in Il matrimonio segreto, conducted by Maestro Francesco Corti.

Her artistic career continues at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples with her debut as Glauce in Cherubini’s Medea for the season opener, conducted by Riccardo Frizza. Under the same conductor, she will also perform the roles of Persephone in Ennio Morricone’s Partenope and a Priestess in Aida alongside Anna Netrebko and Jonas Kaufmann. She will also take on the role of Sophie in Werther with Maestro Lorenzo Passerini and Nannetta in Falstaff, both at the Teatro di San Carlo under the baton of Maestro Marco Armiliato, and at the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari with Maestro Vincenzo Milletari.

In this season, Nina, o sia La pazza per amore at Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, Mitridate with Kammerochester at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées and at Theater an der Wien, where she will return for Don Giovanni, and Zenobia at Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari. He will reprise the role of Zerlina at Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and at Opéra de Lausanne.